WEST VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 24I 



QUERCUS L. 

 Q. ALBA L. White Oak.'^ 



All soils, plentiful throughout the State. 

 Q. MINOR (Marsh.) Sarg. Post Oak. Iron Oak. (Q. stdlata, 

 Wang. ) 



Dry sterile soils, common. 

 Q. MACROCARPA AHchx. Burr Oak. Mossy-cup Oak. 



Rich soils. Tyler : near Long Reach. 

 Q. Prinus L. Chestnut Oak. 



Rocky woods. Frequent throughout the State. 

 Q. acuminata (Michx.) Houda. Yellow Oak. (Q. Miihlen- 

 hcrgii Engelm.) 



Rich, wooded valleys, especially in the mountains. Fay- 

 ette : near Nuttallburg, rare {NuttaJl). 

 Q. pagodaefolia (Ell.) Ashe. 



Rich bottom lands. Kanawha : a few trees found on the 

 north side of the river at Charleston (Brooks). 

 Q. bicolor Willd. (Q. platanoidcs Sudw.). 



Moist soils and borders of streams. Grant : along Eunice 

 Creek; Hardy: along the South Branch, near Moorefield; 

 Pocahontas: near Marlinton; Randolph: along the Tygarts 

 Valley near Eluttonsville ; Upshur : rare near Lorentz 

 {Brooks). 

 Q. rubra L. Red Oak. 



Common throughout the State, in both rich and poor soils. 

 O. coccinea Wang. 



Woodlands. Fayette : near Nuttallburg, apparently a sec- 

 ond growth {NuttaJl). 

 0. velutina Lam. Black Oak. (Q. tinctoria Bartr.), 



Dry woodlands. In large tracts in the Alleghanies of 

 Mineral. Grant and Tucker counties. Gilmer : near Glen- 

 ViWe {Mapel). Fayette: near Nuttallburg (#Mf?a//). Mon- 

 ongalia : near Ice's Ferry. Summers : near Hinton. 

 Q. palustris DuRoi. 



Along streams. Monongalia: near Stumptown. Fayette: 

 near Nuttallburg {Niittall). 

 Q. DiGiTATA (Marsh.) Sudw. Spanish Oak. (0. /a/ca^a, Michx.) 



Dry sandy soils throughout the western counties. 

 Q. NIGRA L. Black Jack Oak. 



Common in dry or heavy clay soils throughout the center 

 of the State. Hardy : near Moorefield. 

 O. NANA (Marsh.) Sarg. Holly-leaved Oak. {Q. ilicif alia Wang.) 

 Sandy soils. Hariipshire : near Romney. Hardy : near 

 Moorefield. 

 O. IMBRICARIA Michx. Laurel Oak. 



Rich woods. Monongalia : near Morgantown and Laurel 

 Point. Hardv : near Moorefield. 



